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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Obama's visit aimed at containing China: Report

Pti,
Beijing

As US President Barack Obama arrived
in India for an unprecedented second visit, a wary Beijing kept a close watch
on its outcome amid commentaries by official think tanks here that the trip is
aimed at containing China but New Delhi will not fall for it.

Obama's arrival was a breaking news
on state-run CCTV which showed live feed of him being received by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi at the airport with questions on how it is going to
impact China and whether it was part of the US strategy to contain Beijing's
growing influence in the region.

Highlighting the significance of
Obama's visit from China's point of view, Prof Wang Yewei of the School of
international relations at the Renmin University told CCTV that Obama became
the first US President visiting India for the second time and the visit was
also aimed at leaving his diplomatic legacy.

Also from US point of view, India is
the key for America's so called Indo-Pacific strategy aimed at containing China
besides balancing Beijing's Silk Road push into the Indian Ocean, he said.

"Of course it is American
strategy to use India against China. But we understand India also need
strategic co-operation with US in defence and security because India has
suffered due to separatists and terrorist attacks and need capital investment
from the US. We should understand that from India's needs," Wang said.

The visit was also aimed at
containing the Chinese and Russian influence in India, he said.

"But India is a civilisational
state for long time and pursues independent foreign policy. It is not easy for
anybody to use it," he said.